Hagadah shel Pesach. Illustrated by Jakob Steinhardt. Hebrew characters designed by Franziska Baruch.

Estimate: $2,000–$3,000
Hammer price: $2,400

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author

(HAGADAH).

Place

(Berlin

Publication

1921)

Description

ONE OF 200 NUMBERED COPIES. Each woodcut illustration signed or initialed by the artist in pencil below image. With inscription by artist on opening blank: “Presented to Mrs. Herbert E. Clayburgh. Jakob Steinhardt. Jerusalem, February, 1938.”

references

Yudlov 2813 (unseen); not in Yaari.

summary

A de-luxe, large-paper-copy of Steinhardt’s dramatic effort, “one of the most truly distinguished Haggadahs published in modern times, a milestone of Hebrew book production.” Yerushalmi 134-6.

ff. (27). Original vellum, boards slightly bowed. Folio.

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